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AT ITS annual general meeting at the weekend delegates to the Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) conference called for opposition to war in the Middle East, while supporting the call of the Iranian people for peace and solidarity with the Women, Life Freedom movement in the forefront of the struggle for social justice and equality in Iran.
The conference was addressed by international trade union leader Kemal Ozkan, assistant general secretary of IndustriALL Global Union, representing 50 million workers in 130 countries, and Azar Sepehr from the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women.
Both speakers stressed the need for continued solidarity with Iranian workers in their struggle for peace, democracy and social justice while stressing the dangers faced by the people of Iran if the current conflicts in the Middle East escalate further.
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